Les
Last seen for girls in 1961 at #5,851 · #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1961 · 182 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,448since 1900
Les over time
Rank among boys' names. Les has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #7,194 | 11 | |
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,990 | 8 | |
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,777 | 12 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,819 | 8 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,685 | 12 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,053 | 14 | |
| 2015 | — | #7,491 | 10 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,781 | 8 | |
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
| 2011 | — | #7,009 | 11 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,803 | 8 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,692 | 10 | |
| 2008 | — | #8,324 | 9 | |
| 2007 | — | #9,788 | 7 | |
| 2006 | — | #9,585 | 7 | |
| 2005 | — | #11,472 | 5 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,927 | 7 | |
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,297 | 13 | |
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,314 | 9 | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,124 | 11 | |
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | #7,638 | 6 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,236 | 10 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,096 | 10 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,407 | 12 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,325 | 17 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,255 | 27 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,968 | 8 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,268 | 14 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,357 | 22 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,956 | 15 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,493 | 19 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,518 | 19 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,338 | 21 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,367 | 21 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,568 | 18 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,279 | 20 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,670 | 32 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,711 | 30 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,884 | 25 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,790 | 26 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,612 | 29 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,771 | 25 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,181 | 48 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,117 | 54 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,017 | 57 | |
| 1968 | — | #910 | 63 | |
| 1967 | — | #848 | 71 | |
| 1966 | — | #800 | 83 | |
| 1965 | — | #768 | 92 | |
| 1964 | — | #749 | 105 | |
| 1963 | — | #704 | 121 | |
| 1962 | — | #689 | 126 | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #586 | 182 |
| 1960 | — | #598 | 172 | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #612 | 160 |
| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 | #603 | 162 |
| 1957 | — | #680 | 126 | |
| 1956 | — | #699 | 112 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #976 | 59 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #1,169 | 41 |
| 1953 | — | #1,189 | 39 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,378 | 30 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,279 | 33 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,364 | 28 | |
| 1949 | — | #997 | 49 | |
| 1948 | — | #813 | 70 | |
| 1947 | — | #719 | 91 | |
| 1946 | — | #773 | 74 | |
| 1945 | — | #899 | 50 | |
| 1944 | — | #861 | 54 | |
| 1943 | — | #846 | 61 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,214 | 33 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,209 | 30 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,067 | 37 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,636 | 17 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,613 | 18 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,313 | 26 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,587 | 18 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,757 | 16 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,783 | 16 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,214 | 11 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,313 | 11 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,864 | 8 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,444 | 11 | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | #2,387 | 12 | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | #2,904 | 9 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,408 | 7 | |
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | #3,175 | 8 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,630 | 11 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,152 | 15 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,967 | 9 | |
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,956 | 8 | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | #2,457 | 8 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,676 | 11 | |
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| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Les! It came in at #1,310, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1900–1912, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Les is popular in 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#292 · 1 in 2,374
- Washington#320 · 1 in 3,934
- Minnesota#335 · 1 in 7,046
- California#497 · 1 in 8,166
- Michigan#555 · 1 in 16,078
Best ever in a state: #183 in Montana, 1960.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #292 | 5 | 1 in 2,374 |
| Washington | #320 | 8 | 1 in 3,934 |
| Minnesota | #335 | 6 | 1 in 7,046 |
| California | #497 | 22 | 1 in 8,166 |
| Michigan | #555 | 6 | 1 in 16,078 |
| Florida | #562 | 5 | 1 in 10,739 |
| Ohio | #562 | 7 | 1 in 16,190 |
| Pennsylvania | #572 | 6 | 1 in 20,289 |
| Texas | #586 | 15 | 1 in 8,211 |
| Illinois | #629 | 7 | 1 in 16,621 |
| New York | #714 | 8 | 1 in 22,614 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Les
- 5,155 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #7,194)
- 308 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #7,194)
- 297 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #7,194)
- Biggest jump: 368 spots in 1943 (#1,214 → #846)
- Biggest drop: 367 spots in 1950 (#997 → #1,364)
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1961 at #586 (182 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1955–1968
- Highest: 1 in 11,671 boys born in 1961 were named Les (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 31.1% of all boys named Les (1,072) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,310 (1900) | #1,310 |
| 1910s | 34 | #1,676 (1913) | #2,614 |
| 1920s | 71 | #2,152 (1921) | #2,803 |
| 1930s | 152 | #1,313 (1937) | #1,952 |
| 1940s | 549 | #719 (1947) | #940 |
| 1950s | 790 | #603 (1958) | #995 |
| 1960s | 1,072 | #586 (1961) | #767 |
| 1970s | 307 | #1,117 (1970) | #1,758 |
| 1980s | 183 | #2,255 (1988) | #2,885 |
| 1990s | 75 | #4,407 (1990) | #6,589 |
| 2000s | 70 | #5,297 (2000) | #8,920 |
| 2010s | 95 | #6,053 (2016) | #8,235 |
| 2020s | 45 | #7,194 (2025) | #9,834 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Les in 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
Top boys' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 404,692 of them was named Les, which outranked 13.3% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 957 names at #6,245; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 13,341 of them was named Les, which outranked 86.6% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.